Iranian directors Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha have been given a 14-month suspended jail sentence by an Iranian court on charges that include alleged production of obscene content in their Berlinale-premiering film My Favourite Cake – our joint Number 1 film of 2024 alongside Mohammad Rasoulof’s Oscar nominated film The Seed of the Sacred Fig.
After months of interrogations and travel bans over the past two years — which prevented them from attending the 2024 Berlin premiere – Moghaddam and Sanaeeha had been charged with making a film labeled as “obscene” and “offending public morality.” They were also accused of “propaganda against the regime” and other charges claiming the film was “unlawfully” screened without the Iranian authorities’ permits for distribution.
